Toy whistle



'Sept. 9, 1930. YQHE 1,775,150

TOY WHI STLE Filed July 18, 1929 INVENTOR.

Me F1" 111 A. YCIHE Patented Sept. 9, 1930 A'EENT orrica MERRILL A. YOHE, OF NEW OXFORD, PENNSYLVANIA TOY WHISTLE I Application filed. July 18,

The present invention relates to improvements in toywhistles, and has for an object to provide an improved toy whistle in the form of a novelty or toy modeled after an aeroplane having a propeller, which is adapted to revolve when the whistle is blown.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved toy, which will-be of attractive appearance and will be both instructive and amusing;

A further object of the invention lies in providing an improved toy, which will possess the attractiveness to children had by all Whistles or sounding toys, and which will additionally embody an instructive and educational feature inacquainting children with the position-and action of an aeroplane propeller. I I V I With the foregoing and other objects in z 'view, theinvention will be morefully describedhereinafter, and will'be more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. .7

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like'or corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective View of an improved toy constructed according to the present invention.

Figure 2 is a'longitudinal section taken substantially centrally therethrough.

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken substantially on the line 33 in Figure 2, and

Figure4is a plan view of the propeller employed Referring more particularly to the drawings 5 designates a trunk or tube, so arranged and disposed, as to form the longitudinal frame member of a toy'aeroplane. The front end of the tube is open, while the rear end is cut off diagonally in the manner common to whistle tubes and receives a plug 6 also beveled ofl", as indicated at 7 to agree substantially with the inclined end of the tube in order to fit the tongue of the user.

The plug 7 adjacent its upper portion is provided with an air channel 8 extending longitudinally of the tube 5 and having its inner end placed relatively to a slot 9 in the upper portion of the tube, and a depressed tongue pellers are placed in aeroplanes.

1929. Serial No. 379,245.

10 having its free edge exposed to the jet of air issuing through the air channel 8. This plug, its air channel 8, the slot 9 and tongue 10 will provide the cooperating parts of a whistle adapted to be sounded when the mouth is applied to the plugged end of the tube 5 and blown through.

At the forward end of the tube 5 is located a propeller in the position in which such pro- The propeller, as more particularly shown in Figure l, may be made of a circular disc of sheet metal or other appropriate material perforated centrally, as indicated at 11, and in which a number of radial incisions 12 are made in order to separate the metal into an appropriate number of blades 13. The blades are preferably twisted along radial lines in order to set them at a proper angle to the propeller axis for the purpose of receiving the air currents and enabling the air currents to react against the blades with the result of rotating the same. The central perforation 11 is mounted over a shaft 14 disposed directly in front of the tube 5 and preferably coaxial with the tube. The shaft 14 is short and the propeller will have a limited axial I sliding movement thereon, which will be limited by the riveted or upset outer end 15 of the shaft 14, and by the hanger arm 16 which carries the shaft 14 and connects with same at its rearend.

Thehanger arm is carried by a bracket 17 extending longitudinally along the tube 5 and secured thereto as by soldering, welding or any other appropriate manner. The plane or wing of the aircraft is shown at 18, and it extends across above the tube 5 at an appropriate point for cooperating with the propeller and rear portion of the tube to give the appearance of an aeroplane. This wing is soldered, welded or otherwise united with the upper portion of the tube, as indicated at 19 in Figure 3. It is reinforced by a trans verse brace 20 soldered, welded or otherwise secured to the lower outer portions of the wing 18, as indicated at 21 and 22, and at an intermediate part to the under portion of the tube 5, as indicated at 23, the brace being looped downwardly from the plane or wing simulating a tail skid of an aeroplane which.

18 centrally to engage beneath the tube 5, and thus forming. a trussed structure with said plane. A bracket or yoke 24 is placed beneath the central portion of the brace 20 and partakes of the curvature thereof, these two parts being welded, soldered or otherwise secured together, and the bracket having downwardly extending perforated legs 25 to receive and form bearings for the axle 26 which carries the launching and landing wheels 27.

The rear portion of the tube 5 receives a flat plane like handle 28 simulating a stabilizer. This stabilizer simulation is in effect a handle for the tube 5 and while it is made flat to resemble an aeroplane stabilizer, it is also made in this very way toform a rest for the index and second fingers of the hand ofthe user'when the mouth is applied to blow the whistle. This handle, or hand piece 28 is preferably of metal and is soldered, welded or otherwise secured to the upper portion of the tube5' just forwardly of the whistle slot and in the position to properly register with theother parts of the aeroplane, so as to produce a harmonious effect. x p Beneaththe handle 28 is a loop strap 29 serves a two-fold function. This loop strip prov des for recelving the thumb in theact of holding the whistle tube and it prevents longitudinal sliding movement of the thumb usually upon the tube, and it is placed directly below the handle 28, so that thethumb im'ay cooperate with the fingers in firmly holding the whistle while being blown. The part 29 also forms a rest or support for the rear portion ofthe aeroplane andv preferably has its forward portion 30 inclined in order to ride over obstacles when the toy is being pulled along the ground. In the use of the device, the toy will present an attractive appearance and it will create considerable diversionand amusement.

'It may be drawn along the ground orprol-main tube like body portion, a whistle at one *ithe entire devicemay be readily held to the lips whileair is blown through the channel 8 and past the slot.9 andthe vibrating tongue 10 thus setting up a whistle noise.

The air having performed the function of operating the whistle, passes forwardly through the tube 5 and encounters the vanes or blades 13 of t-he propeller thus settling the propeller in motion. Advantage is thus taken of the propensity of a child to blow a whistle and become amused by the sound thereof in order to teach the child the action of an aeroplane propeller and to call the childs attention tovthe relative disposition of the parts of the aeroplane, particularly of the position occupied by the propeller with'relation to the When blown as a whistle the other parts; It will be noted that by reason of the relative arrangement of the whistle and propeller the eyes of the child, in the act of blowing the whistle will be directly along the upper portion of the tubef5 and in line with the upper portion-of the propeller so. that as soon as the propeller begins to'move, another sense namelythat of sight will be developed in the child; and seeing the propeller rotate he will become acquainted with rotary motion andwith the action of an aeroplane propeller and by the motion which he sees produced in the propeller when he blows the whistle he will be induced to examine the propeller and to ascertain the reason for the rotary motion. The toy is thus not only amusing but it is educational and it appealsto both the ear and the eye. 7 v V I wish it to be understood that any; other noise producing apparatus may; be; added to the aeroplane, such as areed rubber dia- ,phragm or paper diaphragm.

It is obvious that various changes. and

modifications maybe made in'the details of I construction and design of the above spe-t cifically described embodiment of-this invention without departing from the spirit there-c of, such changes and modifications being re 7 stricted only by the scopefofthe following claims, y 7

What is claimed is 7 I a 1. A toy whistle comprising a tube open at one end, a whistle mounted in the other end of the tube, a wingmountedonthe tube adjacent the open'end thereof, 'a-stabilizer car-v ried'on the tube adjacent the whistle, landing and launching wheelscar'ried bythe tube;

beneath the wing, a loop strap carried by the 1 tube beneath the rudder and formingtherewith a handle for the toy whistle, and a propeller mounted on the tube in line withthe tube and in sight of thezoperator of the whistle for freely rotating when the whistle is blown i 2. In a toywhistle, the combination of a endthereof, and a flat'plane like handle and MERRILL A; YOHE.

a thumb loop strap o'arried'by said tubelike body portion, said handle at the upper po-r- I 

